Don't deny your passion

Does anyone have any ideas on how you can generate income by leaving your day to day job and taking up travel? I know, near impossible but it does not hurt to ask. How many of you feel like no matter what you do to live a normal life everyday you always still are anxious to be somewhere else? From what I have observed we are one of few cultures that think working 60 hours a week and only getting 10 days off a year is normal. What happened to giving people inspiration or something to look forward to like travel? I really believe in living every day like it is your last but how is that possible when there are bills to be paid and real world realities to contend with:-(
I recently saw on the news last week someone I went to high school and college with was killed in a terrible car accident just 3 days before her graduation from medical school. Obviously I was suprised and striken with disbelief but I find myself wandering if she really lived her life to the fullest and if she accomplished at least 50% of the things in life she wanted to do. Life is too short and before you know it every day has passed by and your list of things to do before you die has only gotten longer with nothing checked off. I vowed to myself that I would not let that happen with my wish list of travel (even though I may go broke trying to accomplish it). If you have a passion whatever it is you should definitely do what you can to reward yourself with it as much as you can. That is the only way to take back those lost moments of working late for someone else, daily chores, cleaning, or whatever else that calls in the real world.